Master League, the extremely popular Pro Evolution Soccer career mode, will return in eFootball as “optional DLC” on the PlayStation 5 and PS4. Following a fairly robust backlash over the past 24 hours, Konami confirmed that the offline team-building mode will return in its free-to-play soccer simulation, although it’s yet to share a release window of when we can expect it.
So far, the title’s roadmap includes online leagues and crossplay gameplay, but the initial launch – due out this Autumn – will be frighteningly barebones, featuring just nine licensed teams. Perhaps in an attempt to cool the criticism, the publisher announced the return of Master League on its Twitter account. It also promised that the title will take “full” advantage of each platform.
For those of you who don’t know, Master League allows you to manage an existing – or new – team, and assign training routines, scouts, and youth development. The idea is to build an unstoppable side, and win as many trophies as possible with them. For most fans of PES, this is the mode that gobbles up the majority of their playtime, so it’s good to learn that it will return – well, eventually, anyway.
[source twitter.com]
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You’d think this would mean they can then put time and effort into making this good value for money. You’d think. And hope.
I don’t get how this is a different strategy to past years, when they released the game, and then released the online gambling mode as a free to play standalone.
I guess just because you can by the other modes piecemeal as well?
Is that Ryan Giggs?
Wonder how much it will be. Ha, wouldn't surprise me if it was £29.99 or above.
Interested to know what all your price points for stand alone master league would be?
After something like 10 years of playing PES as my favorite football game i think I'll shift to FIFA, i really don't like what they doing to this franchise.
@Luigia Yep I had to look twice tho 😅
I hardly played this ML anyway, just like FIFA's Career, don't have time for all that text and scrolling through page after page just to play a game of football.
@get2sammyb Should have used the word "sold" instead of "added" in the title since "sold" was in the tweet.
Master League Will Be Sold as Optional DLC for eFootball on PS5, PS4
Not sure if "sold" will be celebrated as much as "added". 🤷♂️
I'm on the fence about this as not sure if you will you have to pay a one off price for master league for the duration of the product or have to pay every year to get roster updates in that mode? If it is the former it will be a worthwhile investment.
Guess it's worth giving a try then. As a free games now I assume it may be a diluted version of the old ML versions
DOA. How’s that even going to work with 9 licensed teams at the beginning.
I understand they’ll fill in the blanks with the made up teams, but that’s still unacceptable.
Seems like ML will only be worth it a few years down the line once there is a robust database 🤦♂️.
@Fight_Teza_Fight you can add the team's yourself with the editor. Kind of ruins the point though.
@Alan_cartridge_ your name rocks!!
9 licensed teams? 😂😂
I hope this flops and fifa get control of the licenses that pes have.
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